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I F. A. JORDAN.

BRlQUETING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED MAYZQ. 95.

1,304,185. Patented May 20, 1919.

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BRIQUETING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FlLED MAY29.1915,

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!i z m m a Bmw ua mw UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRED ALLEN JORDAN, OF SELLWOOD, ONTARIO, CANADA, ASSIGNOR TO MOOSE MOUNTAIN, LIMITED, OF SELLWOOD, ONTARIO, CANADA, A CORPORATION OF ONTARIO.

IBRIQUETING APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 29` 1915. Serial No. 31,116.

To all 'whom it may concem:

Be it known that I, FRED A. JORDAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Sellwood, in the Province of Ontario and Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Briqueting Apparatus, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact specification.

This invention relates to briqueting, and has particular reference to the briquetng of wet concentrates and similar materials preparatory to firing.

The invention comprises improvements upon the invention disclosed in my Patent No. 1,117,853, dated November 17, 1914,

whereby the dewatering of the concentrates is hastened and briquets of increased density more rapidly produced.`

In said' patent, the material is poured into the open mold compartments from a hopper,"

jected to mechanical tapping' to accelerate the settling of the material in the mold. The kilncar is pr'eferably preheated, as described in myformer patent. After the mold is filled, it, and its car, are moved alon i and the next mold similarly filled, the mol s all the while being subjected to mechanieal tapping; The cars and molds preferably contact with each other so that the cars and molds are simultaneously advanced. The tapping is continued during further advance of the molds and cars while the heat from the preheated c'ars is also effective in dewatering the material and causing the briquets to set.

During further advance of the cars and molds,- the tapping is continued, and the molds are at the same time lifted, leaving the briquets on the cars in position for firing.

After the molds are fully separated they are returned to the starting point and the cars carrying the briquets are passed through the kiln, discharged, and then returned to' the' starting point to repeat the'process; The invention thus comprises a continuous method whereby briquets are formed in a mold without pressure or binder, and when freed from the mold are in position for firng without having to be clisplaced or handled in any manner. Furthermore, because the briquets do not have to be handled, they can' be made of 'large size and thereby produced in' large quantity at low labor cost.

In the accompanying drawings,

Figure 1 is a plan view of a plantin which the invention is carried out; i Fig. 2 is a side elevation;

Fig. 3 is a rear end elevation, and

Fig. 4:' is a detail of a mold transfer device taken on the line 4-4: of Fig. 3.

1 represents a hopper which receives the wet material from the concentrators, mixer-s,

or the like, and discharges it into a filling` hopper 2 'which is supported on the framework of the machine immediately above the mold frame 4: carried on the kiln car platform 5.' The kiln cars at this time are supported 'on rails'. The mold frames 4 are made the same size as kiln car platforms 5,

so that the cars and 'molds contact with each other. The hopper 2 is preferably made to eXtend over three cars and molds, the hopper and first car being shown broken in Figs. 1 and 2to save space 'on the drawing. The lower sides of the hopper 2 havedownwardl turned *flanges 7 which slide in grooves in the molds 4:, or against the sides thereof to prevent leakage 'of the material outside the mold. The'forward end of the hopper isprovided with a scraper 8 which smooths the tops of the briquets as the filled molds pass out from under the hopper 2. The cars and filled molds are moved by a pusher 10, such as a hydraulic piston. v While the molds are 'under the hopper andbeing filled, the dewatering process is taking place, partly b'y the heat from-the preheated kiln car, and partly by inechanically tapping the molds to cause the particles of material to arrange themselves com'pactly in the molds. This leaves the eXcess of water in the hopper above the molds, from which' it can either be drained, or else this excess of water' may be allowed for in charging thematerial into i the hopper. These tappers consist of vertical rods 12 which are carried by the side frames 13 of the 'machine and having I heads 14 which rest on the sides of the malet-frames 4. These tappers could also operatze on the mold partitions, if desired. Reciprccatng weights or hammers 16 are provided to strike the rods 12. These weights 16 slide in suitable vertical guides (not shown) and are lifted by the cams 17 on shafts 18 and allowed to drop on the rods 12 by gravity. These tappers and their actuating mechauism are slmilar to ordinary ore stamp mills.

As the molds and cars are simultaneously moved under the hopper 2, the tappers continuously cause the filled molds to be rapped, which causes the material to compact itself in the molds and thereby assists the heat from the kiln car in dewatering the material. After the cars carrying the filled molds pass from under the hopper, tapping is continued, and after a further movement, it is found that the briquets have become sufiiciently formed so that they can be separated from the molds.

As shown herein, the molds 4: are provided on each side with rollers 19, 20, at different levels, and so arranged as to engage an inclined' track 21. The molds are'thus lifted vertically while progressing horizontally and because of the continued action of the tappers, separation of the briquets from the molds is hastened, both because the heatfrom the car has caused the material to dry and shrink, and also because of the meehanical vibration. 'The shaft 18 which drives the tappers is continued at an incline by means of a universal joint so as to drive all the tappers while the molds are being lifted'.

As shown, these tappers do not all operate at once so that a continual vibration is imparted to the material throughout the tapping zone. As shown in Fig. 1, the track 21 continues to incline upwardly until the molds 4 have been lifted far enough to clear the briquets 22. This lifting is done by reason of themolds and the cars being of the same length, and all being moved by the pusher 10. The cars carrying the' briquets now pass to the 'transfer car 23 running on tracks 24 and are moved thereon by pusher 25. The pusher 26 moves the loaded car 5 on tracks 27 into kiln 28. When the cars come out of kiln 28 they are dumped at 29 and the empty cars are moved by pusher 30 on a transfer car 31 back to the starting point. The transfer car 31 runs on rails '32.

After the empty molds ontracks 21 have cleared the briquets, they run downwardly by gravity on a continuation thereof to mold *return 'tracks 36 having 'stopsj Tracks 21 with continuation tracks 38 for rollers 19, and 39 for rollers 20. Carrier 37 is Suspended by transversely extending inclined tracks 40 (see Fig. 5). The empty molds thus run by gravity from return tracks 36 on to the Suspended carrier 37, until they strikestops 42. The weight of the mold on carrer 37 is suflicient to overcome the carrier counterweight 4:3, so' that the carrier and mold then roll by gravity down tracks 4:0 until the carrier and mold come to rest immediately above the empty car 5 on transfer car 31 at the rear or left end of track 6. The empty mold in the carrier is within a fraction of an inch of the surface of the car 5 and the pusher 10 engages both the empty mold and the car and while advancing the car and the mold' also discharges the mold from the carrier 37. As soon as the mold is discharged from the carrier 37, the weight 4:3 returns the carrier to receive the next enpty mold. The operation of positioning an empty mold on a heated car 'in advance of hopper 2 s thus intermittently repeated, so that the process consequently continuous.

It will be seen that the apparatus heren shown may be modified as to various details of Construction without departing from the scope of the append'ed claims, and that in various respects the apparatus herein shown differs from that disclosed in connection with the method of my former patent.

The method herein disclosed is not 'claimed herein, being made the subject'of a separate application filed of even date here.- with.

Having thusdescribed my invention, I declare that what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is i 1. In an apparatus for making brquets, a mold, means for delivering wet material to the mold, means for heating and jarringthe 'material in the mold to effect dewatering from the briquet.

3. The combination with a traveling mold support, and a mold carried thereby, of means for advancing the mold diagonally upward and the support horizo'ntally to separate'the mold and support, and'means for jarring the mold while beingseparated. i t. The combination with a travelingmold support, and a mold carried th'ereby, of

means for simultaneously advancing the mold *and support and effecting relative vertical separation thereof, means forreturnin the empty support and empty'mold to the starting point, means for carrying and supporting the mold over the support, and a single means for advancing both the mold and support and positioning the mold in precletermined position on the support.

5. A mold open at the top and bottom and having supporting means at the sides at different levels adapted to coperate With an inclined track for elevating the mold Without disturbing its level.

6. The conbination With a series of novable molds, of jarrng rods engaging said nolcls, and means for applying percussive blows through said rocls to said molcls.

7. The combination with a series of movable mold supports carrying molds in contact with one another, of means for elevating the molds sinultaneously with progression of said mold supports, jarrng rods engaging said molds, and means for applying percussive blows through said rods to said molds.

8. In a briquetng plant, mold supporting means, inclined mold lifting tracks, a mold return track receiving empty molcls from said lifting tracks, a mold carrier receiving the molds from said mold return tracks and movable with a mold to a predeterminecl mold discharging position, and means for* depositing the mold on said mold supporting means.

9. In a briqueting plant, mold lifting tracks, a mold return track receiving empty molds from said lifting tracks, a mold carrier receiving the molds from said mold return tracks and movable with a mold to a predetermined mold discharging position, and means for discharging a mold from said carrier on to a mold support and simultaneously advancin the mold and support.

In testimony w ereof I afix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRED ALLEN ORDAN.

Witnesses:

ELIZA'BETH WILSON, J. D. MACCRALL.

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